> "All writing is homogenizing, slowly turning into the same slop. You see the same patterns everywhere, “it’s not x, it’s why”, em-dashes, or why not: “you’re not imagining it, the problem is real”. "
I think it says something about Humans in a way. I've heard it different ways throughout my life: everything is derivitive. And LLMs are riffing on that conformity.
We are taught bland writing in school. Praised for conforming for sounding "just right". Five paragraphs: perfect. Three points: right on.
Consumers devour easy reads.You hit all the "standard" plot points for my favorite genre: I'll buy it!
And so these LLMs are trained on the mass production and produce, well, mass production.
I think it says something about Humans in a way. I've heard it different ways throughout my life: everything is derivitive. And LLMs are riffing on that conformity.
We are taught bland writing in school. Praised for conforming for sounding "just right". Five paragraphs: perfect. Three points: right on.
Consumers devour easy reads.You hit all the "standard" plot points for my favorite genre: I'll buy it!
And so these LLMs are trained on the mass production and produce, well, mass production.
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